Birthday card with Spellbinders Mickey Mouse

After my feminine name-day card, I would like to show you my masculine birthday card that I created for my dad who turns 77 in February.

The background paper was painted blue with Uncharted Mariner Distress paint. Then I splattered with gold paint and inked the edges with black Archival ink. I added a few tiny stars too. For this, I used Sizzix Thinlits die, Festive Things (664191) by Tim Holtz and I cut out the stars from a paper that I painted gold before. 

Mickey is part of the Spellbinders Classic Mouse, Steamboat Willie die set. His pants, shoes and face were coloured with Copic Sketch markers. 

For the balloon and the garland, I used the Sizzix Celebrate Sidekick Dies and Texture Fade (666861). The balloon was coloured with Copic markers but for the garland I used coloured papers. The numbers were in the Sizzix Thinlits die, Alpanumeric Label set (664177).

The oval thing Mickey is standing on is an MFT die, and it's the top of a cake. I also painted it gold with the same gold paint I used for the stars and the splatters. 

With my card, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Spritz & Splatter